The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
Author: Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Timely and sympathetic . . . a work of impassioned advocacy. –People,,A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-thre….Read More
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